Total passenger car parc in European part of the country on 1.01.2011 was 24.3 million cars. The structure of the parc in European and Eastern parts of Russia differs a lot. Domestic brands are leading in the parc of European part

Besides cumulative data and analysis of the trends in the Russian automotive industry, this report comprises information on each enterprise including last year’s results and production dynamics for the few recent years as well as actual information about the current activity and prospects of development. The forecast of vehicle production in Russia for 2016, prepared by AUTOSTAT specialists, deserves special attention. 1.38 million vehicles were produced in Russia in 2015, that is 26% less than a year ago. So the Russian automotive production has been decreasing for three years and the decline rates accelerated considerably. At the same time, 97,400 passenger cars (-23.6%) and 20,000 trucks (-9.1%) were exported. Almost 88% of automotive production in Russia are generated by passenger cars, that is 1.21 million vehicles (-28%). First time for a long time foreign manufacturers decreased their hand in this segment, and today their share is about 77%. At the same time, the share of traditional domestic brands exceeded 23%.

AVTOVAZ remained the leader of the Russian automotive industry, having assembled 346,800 passenger cars – that is 20.1% less than a year ago. Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus plant in St. Petersburg confirmed its status as the largest foreign vehicle manufacturer.Last year Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus plant assembled 229,500 vehicles, that is 3.2% less than a year ago.

In 2015 truck enterprises in Russia decreased their production by almost 17% to 132,200 vehicles, which is 9.6% of the total automotive production in the country. Truck production is still highly consolidated as about 80% of vehicles in Russia are produced by three enterprises.

Buses generate 2.7% of the total automotive production in Russia, i.e. 36,700 vehicles (-17.8%) in terms of numbers. Almost 70% of this number come from three domestic enterprises: UAZ (9,900 vehicles; +18%), GAZ (9,200 vehicles; -7.3%) and PAZ (5,900 vehicles; -21.1%).

Marketing report “Automotive industry in Russia. Results of 2015, Prospects” is prepared with an office research method. The major information sources are our own databases and information obtained from the market players directly. All data, presented in the report is clearly organized and compiled in tables. Each subject is traditionally illustrated with graphs and diagrams.